ASHEVILLE, NC – July 31, 2024 – The winter surge of respiratory infections, like COVID-19, has passed. However, over the past 3 years, COVID-19 infections have also surged in August.
The CDC’s COVID Dashboard for the week ending on July 20th shows:
- 3% of the deaths in North Carolina were due to COVID, the 2nd lowest level of 6 groups.
- Emergency department visits for COVID-19 are low in North Carolina, less than 2.0% of all visits.
- Deaths and emergency department visits have increased more than 15% since last week.
Wastewater monitoring can be used to provide early warning for COVID outbreaks. The Buncombe & Henderson counties wastewater data on the North Carolina COVID Dashboard was not reported last week.
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Contact: Dr. Dick Needleman, Health reporter, 103.3 AshevilleFM, [email protected]
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